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• Robert Meurs, Lommel († 2008)
• Grieto Werkman, Appingedam († 1955)
• Hendrik Pieter Herman (Henk) Moraal, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1992)
• Gregorius Franciscus Robertus Maria Seebregts, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 2020)
• Frederik Jan Willems, Witharen († 2017)
• Hilligje Oosterloo († 1951)
• Jan Kroon, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• NN Brandt, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Karen L Hester, Missouri, United States of America († 2003)
• Timmers, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Riswick (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Dorgelo (80), Heino, Nederland
• Albertus Hemmer (70), Almelo
• Aaltjen Bronkhorst (90), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Aaltje (Alice) Bronkhorst (89), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus Jacobus Horsten (82), Merksplas
• Antonia Maria van Leeuwen (71), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnold Johann Hinrichs (77)
• Anna Maria Dekkers (49), Roosendaal
• Snoeij, Rotterdam

• 1949 » Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat († 2016)
• 1949 » Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat
• 1949 » Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist († 2007)
• 1950 » Cleo Odzer, American anthropologist and author († 2001)
• 1951 » Bert Blyleven, Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1951 » Jean-Marc Boivin, French skier, mountaineer, and pilot († 1990)
• 1951 » Pascal Rogé, French pianist
• 1951 » Phil Schaap, American jazz disc jockey and historian

• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1963 » Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
• 1971 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
• February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
• October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
• October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
• November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.

The temperature on April 6, 1950 was between 3.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.